TEMPEST, Electrical Engineer

Job Title: Certified Tempest Professional Engineer

Job Code: 36417

Job Location: Salt Lake City Utah

Job Schedule: 9/80- employees work 9 out of 14 days- totaling 80 hours worked- and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

L3Harris is seeking a Certified TEMPEST Professional (CTP) Level 1 or Level 2 Engineer to lead TEMPEST programs including design testing and reporting to both customers and the NSA. This engineer plays a vital role in the development and certification of systems supporting the warfighter. TEMPEST is a critical discipline at L3Harris requiring ongoing coordination and meeting increasing demands across the company.

Essential Functions:

• Create and maintain TEMPEST control plans test plans test procedures test reports Critical Features Lists and other relevant documentation.
• Perform pre-test setup including detection system sensitivity and calibration measurements.
• Lead TEMPEST testing activities and contribute to system and subsystem troubleshooting.
• Participate in the proposal process for programs with SERD/TEMPEST requirements.
• Perform design and test activities to ensure TEMPEST compliance at both system and subsystem levels.
• Support design reviews subsystem partitioning cable design grounding and isolation CCA layout schematic development trade studies analysis and simulations.
• Use SPICE and other EMI/EMC simulation tools to predict TEMPEST performance and analyze anomalies.
• Conduct and participate in design reviews.
• Collaborate with program engineering teams government/NSA TEMPEST experts customers and external suppliers as needed.
• Provide in-house training and mentoring on TEMPEST design aspects to technical and non-technical staff.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree and a minimum of 12 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior related lieu of a degree minimum of 16 years of prior related experience.
• Certified TEMPEST Professional (CTP) Level 1 or 2 (CTP1 or CTP2).
• Active Secret level DoD Security Clearance (TS preferred)

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Knowledge of applicable standards/regulations including NSTISSAM TEMPEST/2-91 NSTISSAM TEMPEST/1-95 CNSSAM TEMPEST/1-13 SDIP-27 and DoD/DoE requirements.
• Experience with TEMPEST design for compliance including TEMPEST product testing (e.g. NSTISSAM TEMPEST/1-92 and CNSSAM TEMPEST/01-02).
• Understanding of electromagnetic theory radiated/conducted emissions signal and power coupling and system susceptibility.
• Experience with high-isolation performance design containment source suppression and RF grounding.
• Proficiency using lab equipment such as oscilloscopes spectrum analyzers TEMPEST receivers signal generators test antennas and semi-anechoic chambers.

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